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Message: [QUOTE="YKCornelius, post: 4535590, member: 9864"] I am one of those folks that enjoys scanning the boxscore after watching a game to see if it supports or contradicts what I just saw. I don’t know about the rest of you, but I was dumbfounded to see in the boxscore that Nika was only credited with four assists. So, I went ahead and compared the play-by-play taken from the UConn Huskies website against the replay of the UConn - Georgetown game (thanks MJL243!). I contend [B]Nika should have been credited with seven total assists, not four.[/B] Furthermore, I concluded there were [B]many [/B]no-doubt-about-it errors and omissions. By my count, at least 15 going against both teams. Below are the 11 that affected the Huskies’ side of the scorebook. I welcome others to review the replay and offer their opinion on my conclusions. All times below reflect what was remaining on the clock displayed on the replay, not the play-by-play account posted to the UConn Huskies website. First Quarter: 2:53 – Nika not credited with an assist on the hand-off to Aubrey under the basket for the easy lay-up; 2:39 – Intercepted pass by Nika erroneously attributed as a steal by Aubrey who, although near Nika, didn’t have any part in the play; 1:46 – Turnover by Dorka erroneously attributed to Aubrey. After receiving an ill-advised pass from Aubrey, Dorka then dribbled three times into a triple team before losing possession; Second Quarter: 4:03 – Ayanna’s missed jumper (her only shot in several games) erroneously attributed to Aubrey; 4:01 – On Ayanna’s missed shot, an offensive rebound was credited to Aaliyah when she was fouled by Moore, even though both players were nowhere near the ball; Third Quarter: 7:18 - Aubrey was not credited with an assist on a beautiful screen-and-go to Dorka for a lay-up; 6:53 – Georgetown’s block on Lou’s running shot in the lane was erroneously scored as a missed 3-point attempt by Lou. Her stats should reflect 0-3 not 0-4 from three; 5:27 – Aubrey was not credited with an assist on Dorka’s catch-and-shoot jumpshot; 3:23 – Nika was not credited with an assist on the catch-and-shoot jumpshot by Aubrey; 2:17 – Ayanna was not credited with an assist on a catch-and-shoot jumpshot by Dorka; Fourth Quarter 8:12 – Nika was not credited with an assist on her thread-the-needle pass to Dorka in the low-post for a spinning lay-up. All in all, the Huskies had [B]six [/B]additional assists that were not captured into the official boxscore. I would argue that there were only three UConn baskets that were [B]not[/B] assisted (Aaliyah’s 2nd quarter steal and layup; Amari’s 2nd quarter delayed 3 pointer; and Aubrey’s 3rd quarter slashing jumper in the lane). Overall, the boxscore should show UConn with 19 assists on 22 field goals. Not a good night for the official scorer…. [/QUOTE]

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